Application Security Engineer - Embedded

Job Title: Application Security Engineer

Location: Plano Texas

Summary: As a Senior Application Security Engineer you will play a critical role in ensuring the security of applications and infrastructure for connected services. This role will be responsible for designing implementing and maintaining security solutions to remediate identified vulnerabilities and would involved in application development too.

Essential Functions

• Engineers need to have strong development skills in Java GoLang AWS services and possibly mobile application development. Hands on development experience needed as this role requires development as scope.
• Conduct security assessments on applications including static and dynamic code analysis to identify vulnerabilities. Provide reports/artifacts recommendations for remediations.
• Work with multiple teams to remediate the identified vulnerabilities and to engineer and implement solutions to meet security standards and guidelines.
• Assess and enhance the security posture of cloudbased environments such as AWS.
• Responds to information system security incidents including investigation of countermeasures to and recovery from computerbased attacks unauthorized access and policy breaches; interacts and coordinates with thirdparty incident responders including law enforcement.
• Develop and maintain application security controls and countermeasures.
• Collaborate on security research activities such as testing tools and emerging threats that may have an adverse impact on cybersecurity.

Competencies

• Problem solving skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Strong leadership diplomatic negotiation and motivational skills.
• Strong communications skills. Able to communicate clearly persuasively and in a positive manner.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Must be able to effectively work with all levels of an organization.
• A strong sense of accountability and selfmotivation and a desire to work collaboratively in a small crossfunctional team.
• Ability to adapt frequently through new processes and technology changes.

Required Education and Experience

• Minimum 57 years of handson cyber security and application ddevelopment experience required.
• B.S. in Computer Science Computer Engineering Information Security or relevant work experience.
• Strong development skills in Java and GoLang.
• Experience with AWS services and cloud security best practices.
• Experience with network security and networking technologies and with system security and network monitoring tools.
• Experience with security tools and technologies such as firewalls intrusion detection/prevention systems SIEM and vulnerability management.
• Thorough understanding of the latest security principles techniques and protocols.